From: tao_Zhou AT Shanghaigm DOT com
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:24:51 +0900
Subject: How to use the "gethostbyname" function
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In my program, I used the function "gethostbyname"
by which we can get the ip address through the hostname.
But to my surprise, it dosen't work as i expected. The way
i used it  is as followed:
if((h=gethostbyname(hostname))==NULL)
{    herror(strerror);
     printf("%s",strerror);
}
Everytime when i run the program, it always told me the
same message: unknown host.
What's up? Who can tell me how to satisfy this awful
function to make my program run properly?
 hungry for your help!